Northern Mali

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German Helicopter Serving With UN Crashes In Mali

A German helicopter with two crew on board crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while...

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War Crimes Court To Award Timbuktu Damages In August

War crimes judges will next month deliver a landmark order for reparations for the razing of the fabled Timbuktu...

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Macron In Mali For Diplomatic Push On Sahel Anti-Jihad Force

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist...

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Al-Qaeda In Mali Releases Video Showing Six Foreign Hostages Alive

Al-Qaeda's Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages, including elderly Australian surgeon...

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France’s Macron Due In Mali To Back Sahel Anti-Jihad Force

President Emmanuel Macron is due in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force,...

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Spanish Company Charged Over Air Algerie Crash In Mali

Spanish plane leasing company Swiftair was charged Thursday in a French probe into the crash of an Air Algerie plane in...

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S.African Held By Al-Qaeda In Mali Is ‘well’

A South African who has been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 is alive and well, his father said Wednesday,...

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Al-Qaeda: Kidnapped Swede Johan Gustafsson Freed After Six Years

Hostage Johan Gustafsson, held by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has been freed, the Swedish government says. Mr...

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Al-Qaeda Hostage Released After Six Years

Hostage Johan Gustafsson, held by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has been freed, the Swedish government says. Mr...

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Swede Held By Al-Qaeda In Mali Since 2011 Freed

A Swede held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been freed to head home, and is doing well although he is...

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UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises After Mali Jihadist Attack

The death toll in a jihadist attack on UN peacekeepers in northern Mali has risen to four, the United Nations mission...

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Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly UN Base Attack

A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in...

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Three Peacekeepers Killed In Northern Mali Attack

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and eight others wounded when they came under sustained attack in Kidal...

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French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali

French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in...

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New French President Reaffirms Commitment To Fight Terrorism In Sahel

During his election campaign, France’s new president Emmanuel Macron promised he would visit French troops in Mali....

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Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Mali

Two UN peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded on Tuesday in an ambush in restive northern Mali, the nation's UN...

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Macron Visits French Troops In Mali’s Restive North

President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first...

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Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for...

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Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’

An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence...